Delaware Route 9A (
DE 9A) is a two- to four-lane road in
Wilmington,
Delaware that serves as the primary access route to the
Port of Wilmington as well as provide access to
Interstate 495 (I-495). The official designation of the route runs along Terminal Avenue between
DE 9 and the Port of Wilmington, interchanging with I-495. Signage has the route continuing north along Christiana Avenue to an intersection with
U.S. Route 13 (US 13) and DE 9 for a total length of . Christiana Avenue originally became a state highway in the 1920s, becoming a part of
US 40 that connected to a ferry across the
Delaware River to
Penns Grove, New Jersey. US 40 was removed from this road in the 1930s and it later became part of
DE 48, which was subsequently removed in the 1950s following the discontinuance of the ferry. DE 9A was designated by 1971.